I know it is a bold statement, but today information security gets the headlines because of the exposure due to massive outbreaks of attacks that hit companies failing to protect themselves and the data of others. Your virtual castle only channels the bad guys, it does not deter or prevent them from stealing your data.…

It is all about Bitcoins today Bitcoin has become the new gold; even worse it has become more expensive than gold. In the beginning of May 2016, a bitcoin was around 1400 USD, by 20th of May it surpassed the 2000 USD barrier and in August 2017 it reached new heights, 4000 USD. Its increasing…

Information Security or Cyber Security relies on a model which we applied for years, since the very early days. This model changed very little, comfort has set in and unfortunately we are in situation where we rely too much on it almost like an addiction which prevents us from thinking about something new and question…

A few days ago when I attended a blockchain round table, someone said the currency of today is privacy. You pay with privacy the use of services such as Facebook, Gmail or anything other. I beg to disagree.. You don’t pay with privacy, you irreversibly give it up in order to continue with a service…

For those active in cyber security the Friday (21/10/2017) Distributed Denial of Service attack on Dyn did not come as a surprise. Many of us use a statement; the question is not what if but when. Dyn got attacked by a botnet of Internet of Things devices, IP cameras, webcams, etc… The majority of these…